Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

शालिग्रामे मनो यस्य यत्किंचित्क्रियते शुभम् । अक्षय्यं तद्भवेन्नित्यं चातुर्मास्ये विशेषतः

Transliteration

śāligrāme mano yasya yatkiṃcitkriyate śubham | akṣayyaṃ tadbhavennityaṃ cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดมีใจตั้งมั่นในศาลิคราม กุศลกรรมใดๆ ที่กระทำย่อมเป็นผลไม่เสื่อมสูญเป็นนิตย์ และยิ่งเป็นพิเศษในกาลจาตุรมาสยะ

Word by Word

• शालिग्रामे: in/with regard to Śālagrāma
• शालिग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालिग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चित

• क्रियते: is done
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘किंचित्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अक्षय्यम्: imperishable
• अक्षय्यम्: Karta (Subject complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become/is sure to become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śālagrāma

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Cāturmāsya observance performs various auspicious acts—lamp offering, charity, japa—before a Śālagrāma shrine; a calendar/monsoon setting suggests the four-month sacred period.

Characters & Entities

• Śālagrāma
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anchoring the mind in Śālagrāma devotion makes good deeds yield inexhaustible merit, intensified during Cāturmāsya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śālagrāma itself is treated as a sacred tirtha-object; the verse also highlights the sacred season of Cāturmāsya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing any śubha-kriyā with Śālagrāma-focused devotion, especially during Cāturmāsya.